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Brendan Chan

Brendan Chan

New York, NY, US

 

Employment 

EDI-International, New York, NY, US, Architectural Staff

-Create detail drawings of building plans, elevations, sections and other architectural documents using AutoCAD and Revit

-Participate in site visit with architect,and project manager assisting in surveying or walkthrough of construction site

-Coordinated a year of monthly AIA accredited lunch and learn presentations with external vendors on materials, sustainability, building construction and other architectural topics

-Collaborated with interior designer, engineers and clients in development of architectural drawings for residential project

-Researched building and accessibility codes to ensure compliance

-Researched emerging tech and AI software developing visual presentations exploring use case in future project

Jun 2022 - current
 

The Trust for Governors Island, New York, NY, US, Real Estate Development and Design Fellow

-Competitively selected for inaugural cohort of new year-long fellowship program in partnership with Brooklyn Navy Yard, CUNY and other company sponsors

-Conducted field visits in collaboration to survey existing historic building on island to verified existing document

-Collaborate to create clean up digital floor plan of selected historic buildings for marketing material

-Collaborate to create illustrative site plans handbook of event site

-Participate in design and construction coordination meetings and walkthroughs of ongoing projects and future proposed projects.

-Support Real Estate and Legal team with preparation of new site plans and staging documentation for lease exhibit

Jul 2021 - current
 

Education 

Coursera: Google, Foundations of User Experience (UX) Design

Sep 2024 - current
 

The New School, New York, NY, US, Healthier Materials and Sustainable Building

Mar 2022 - May 2022
 

New York City College of Technology, Brooklyn, NY, US, Bachelors, Architecture Technology

Aug 2017 - Jan 2022
 

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